From what (little) I've seen of the game (highlights + first period)...Howard was ungodly good. Mad props.

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Kierkegaard

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Kierkegaard

I noticed some peeps were all wtf @ Ryan stalking Smith. Just saw on the encore presentation - Smith had laid Ryan out in a corner.

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Kierkegaard

Well none of the fights were all that impressive, but we gave as good as we got. Anaheim didn't have their A game last night and they were clearly frustrated, which led to them doing the only thing they know how to spark their team...which is apparently having your core skill players fight our depth players to draws. All of those fights should have turned out worse for them though, they're lucky. They were mismatched each time.

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Great game-fell asleep in the 2nd int after working 12 hours and had to get up at 4am... Anyway. Anytime you can go on the road and destroy the 2nd best team in the WC it is a good night. Howard held us in untill Abby got shooting and the rest is history.

Now lets not get carried away with Abby. yes he has played hard all year and was getting far to much hate here by many. But he is not a 20 goal scorer. Just not his game. 15-18 maybe. Last night may very be his best offesive night of his career, and we needed it.